Volendam Windmill
Volendam Windmill | |
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Photo from Adamic Hill Rd on August 15, 2009 | |
Origin | |
Mill name | Volendam Mill |
Mill location | Holland Township, New Jersey, USA |
Coordinates | 40°35′48″N 75°09′50″W / 40.5966°N 75.1639°WCoordinates: 40°35′48″N 75°09′50″W / 40.5966°N 75.1639°W |
Information | |
Purpose | Corn mill |
Type | Smock mill |
Storeys | Two-story smock |
Base storeys | Three-story base |
Smock sides | Eight sides |
Number of sails | Four sails |
Type of sails | Common sails |
Winding | Tailpole |
Volendam Windmill is a smock mill located on Adamic Hill Road in Holland Township, New Jersey, United States.
The windmill was designed and built in 1965 by Paul Jorgenson.[1] The Volendam Windmill Museum is a working mill driven by wind, used for grinding raw grain into flour. The 60-foot structure is seven stories high with sail arms 68 feet from tip to tip.[2] In 2007, two of the sail arms of the windmill were damaged in a windstorm. As of November 2010, the county's website shows that the museum is closed.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/HillSlugs/HillSlugChronicles.pdf The Windmill, Then and Now
- ↑ Hunterdon County web page for Holland Township, accessed February 20, 2009
- ↑ http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/c&h/huntmuseums.htm#windmill Hunterdon County Museums - Volendam Windmill Museum
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